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MACHINE FOR BUNDLING KINDLING WOOD.

No. 336,759. vPatented Feb. 23, 1886.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES' E. SHAV, OF VILLIAMSPORT, AND JOI-IN F. ELLINGER, OF ARM- STRONG, LYCOMING COUNTY, ASSIGNORS TO THE WILLIAMSPORT KIN- DLING WOOD COMPANY, (LIMITED) OF WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA.

MACHINE FOR BUNDLINGKINDLING-WOOD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 336,759. dated February 23, 1886.

' Application tiled September 12, 1885. Serial No. 176,946. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, J AMES E. SHAW' and JOHN F. ELLINGER, citizens of the United States, residing at Williamsport and Arm# strong township, respectively, in the county of Lycoming and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Bundling KindlingWood; and we do hereby declare the following to be 1o afull,clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to machines, for bundling kindlingwood,ofthat class in which the wood to be bundled is placed within the machine within movable compressing-straps, or thelike, and drawn closely together,tied, and the completed bundle automatically ejected 2o from the machine, and the movements of the machine stopped atintervals by disconnecting the working parts from the driving medium.

I-Ieretofore in machines of this kind several practical defects have existed. These arise principally from the lack of positive motion in the several parts. In the best-known of these machines the mechanism for ejecting t-he completed bundle is actuated by a cam mounted outside the principal working parts 3o of the machine, and upon a principal driven shaft thereof, also in the most common form of these machines the driving-power is thrown out only once during arevolution of the priucipal driven shaft.

Thevobject of the present inventionis to obviate these defects, and to provide a machine which shall be more positive and reliable in operation, and whereby the bundling of kindling-wood is facilitated, and the bundle produced more durable7 compact, and secure.

This invention consists in certain details of construction,which we will now proceed to particularly describe.

In the accompanying drawings,in which like 4 5 letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in different figures, Figure l is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is aview in elevation of the side opposite that shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view in front elevation, and Fig. i a rear.

plate c.V The inner ends ofthe levers, b', are e11 gaged by a double-incline groove in the surface of a sleeve or collar, D, secured to the shaft A in such manner as to be movable lon gitudinally thereon, but at the same time to be turned by said sha-ft.

Mounted in the frame is another shaft, E, upon which is secured a large spur gear-wheel, E', which meshes with and isturned by a pinion, F, on the driving-shaft A. The gear E has upon one of its faces a projection or cam, d, which engages after each half-revolution one of two rollers,c c,1nounted upon a lever, G,pivoted in the main frame A. One end 0f this lever G engages the sleeve or collar D,to move the same longitudinally upon the shaft, as said lever is actuated by the projection or cam d. The other end of the lever G has fitted to it ahand-lever, G', pivoted at a convenient point in the frame. This is used for starting and stopping the machine.

Formed with or upon the table B are two or more brackets, H, in which the wood to be bundled is placed. Each of these brackets is made with vertical holes at both ends,through which pass the guide posts or rods H', having straps or bands I secured thereto. The lower ends of these guide-posts H are secured to a crosshead,l, which has pivoted to it a rod, I. The lower end of the rod I is provided with an eccentric band or strap, in which turns the eccentric K on the end of the shaft E. At the rear of the brackets H, mounted upon the table to slide thereupon, is a vertical plate, L, secured on the end of a sliding bar, Z, connected by means of a link, l', with a bent lever, m, fulcrumed in bracket m on the under side of the table. The bent lever lm has pivotally secured at itslower end a rod, n, carrying a roller or lug, n', to be engaged by the cam-surfaces o o upon the face of the spur-gear E'.

The operation of our machine as above constructed may be briefly described as follows: A suitable quantity of wood for forming a bundle is placed in the brackets H, and the hand-lever G moved to start the machine. A proper movement oi this lever will cause the collar or sleeve D to move longitudinally upon the shaft, which,by means of one of the inclined sides of the groove, will cause the shoes a to grasp the friction-plate c, and cause the shaft to revolve. The pinion or gear F turns with the shaft and causes the large gear E to turn, and with itthe eccentric Kin the strap or band 1,thus causing through the bar I a vertical movement of the crosshead I and bands or strap H, to tightly compress the wood, which is then ready to and receives the usual cord or Wire forholding the bundle together. By the time the tying is done the wheel E will have completed a half-revolution,the machine stopped, and the lever G moved in a direction opposite that of first instance, which will cause the upward movement oi the cross-head. Upon further movement of the gear E the cam surfacesV o o'will engage the roller on the rod, causing it to be drawn downward, whereupon the rod Z, and with it the plate L, will be moved for ward to push the bundle from its bracket H, when the operation may be repeated.

Vhat we claim as our invention isl. The combination, with the driven gearwheel having the inclines attached to or formed with the side of the said. wheel, of the ejectorplate and the lever connected with the ejectorplate and receiving motion from the inclines, substantially as described, whereby the ejector-plate is moved forward to displace the bundled wood, and then back to its normal position.

2. The combination, with the driven gearwheel having the projections attached to the side ofthe said wheel and inclined in opposite directions, of the ejector-plate carried upon a suitable rod, the lever connected to the said rod, and the link provided with a lug or roller which engages the projection on the gear, whereby the ejector-plate is given a positive reciprocative motion.

3. The combination, with the driving-shaft provided with the gear and clutch, of the pivoted lever having the two rollers, and the driven gear having the cam projection attached to the side thereof and engaging the rolls on the lever, whereby the clutch is disengaged at each half-revolution of the driven Y gear.

4. The combination with the driving-shaft provided with the clutch and pinion, of the driven shaft provided with the eccentric and carrying the gear having the projection attached to its side, the pivoted lever engaging the clutch and provided with the rolls,and the binding-straps connected with the eccentric upon the driven shaft, substantially as described.

5. The combination,in a machine for bundling wood,of the driving-shaft provided with thegear and clutch, the driven shaft provided With the large gear having the inclines and projection attached to its side, and the eccentric, the binding-straps receiving motion from the eccentric, and the ejector-plate attached to and operated by the bell-crank lever, which receives motion from the inclines on the driven gear.

In testimony whereof we aliix our signatures in presence of two witnesses each.

JAMES E. SHAV. JOHN F. ELLINGER.

Witnesses to the signature of James E. 

